Results of the Call

Research time allocated through the General User mechanism is via competitive peer review emphasizing the excellence of science where there is intent to publish scientific results. General User beam time requests are considered twice per year. See Call for Proposals for submission dates.

CLS held its Peer Review Committee (PRC) meeting for Macromolecular Crystallography general user proposals on April 26, 2018.

Each proposal was reviewed and scored by every member of the Peer Review Committee in three categories on a scale of one to five, one being the highest score, five being the lowest. Click here for a detailed description of the evaluation criteria and grading scale.

Scheduling of Beamtime

Users may request beamtime against a General User CMCF proposal at any time while the proposal is active. Applicants have the opportunity to submit a proposal twice per year while the Call is open. Once a proposal receives a score between 1 and 4 through peer review, and is approved for technical feasibility, safety, and ethics if applicable, it will be considered active for two years (four cycles). If a scheduling conflict arises, priority will be given to higher ranked proposals.

To give CMCF applicants an idea of their competition if they submit a beamtime request, the following chart details the scores of proposals that will be active in the period of July - December, 2018. The coloured bars represent the CLS cycle in which a set of proposals were submitted.

Peer Review Committee (PRC) meeting for Cycle 28 (July - December, 2018) general user beamtime was held on April 25, 2018 at CLS.

Proposals were reviewed and scored in three categories by one member of the Peer Review Committee and at least two external reviewers on a scale of one to five, one being the highest score, five being the lowest. Reviewers evaluated and scored each proposal in each of the three Evaluation Criteria (scientific merit, suitability and capability of researchers). These scores were averaged and resulted in the final score for each category.

Beamtime Allocation: July - December, 2018

The table below lists the number of proposals received and allocated for each beamline. Beamtime was allocated based on each proposal's ranking in scientific merit relative to all other requests for a given beamline. When requests for beamtime on a beamline exceeded available time, the proposals in the range just below the cut-off score were considered for discretionary time and were further assessed by the Allocation Committee. The purpose of strategic beamtime is to increase the growth of CLS users in strategic scientific areas.

Proposals submitted for priority Canadian access to the Advanced Photon Source (APS) were included in the Peer Review Meeting on April 25, 2018. CLS@APS proposals were reviewed and scored according to the same criteria as all other beamlines (excluding CMCF) – see above section for details.

To give CLS@APS applicants an idea of their competition when they submit a beamtime request, the following chart details the scores of proposals that will be active in the period of July - December, 2018. The coloured bars represent the CLS cycle in which a set of proposals were submitted.

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